29 March 2010
Using other people's work, often copied from the internet, without proper citation is known to be an issue within Further and Higher Education. We believe that the correct way to address this issue is through the proper education of students and by making it clear what is expected of them in written work.
The survey will identify:
- Which activities students believe to be academic misconduct.
- Where the rules and regulations of academic misconduct are defined for them.
- Whether they consider the guidance given to them to be adequate for their needs.
- Their awareness of actions taken by lecturers to detect plagiarism.
- Their awareness of actions taken by their institution to detect plagiarism.
- Their attitudes towards electronic detection tools.
However, the survey will not:
- Identify responses from specific individuals.
- Identify responses from specific institutions.
- Ask students to self-report academic misconduct.
- Ask students to report other students' behaviour.
